среда, 29 февраля 2012 г.

Fed: ABC Learning's Australian operation sound: union

CANBERRA, Feb 27 AAP - The Australian operation of childcare provider, ABC LearningCentres, is sound but its spiralling financial situation must be resolved soon to providecertainty to parents, workers and investors, a leading union says.

ABC shares plunged as much as 70 per cent yesterday on investor concerns about thelevel of debt the company is carrying and a disappointing first half profit.

Today the company went into a trading halt on the stock exchange.

The company runs more than 1,000 childcare centres throughout Australia and …